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Hector South Skier Triggered

Published
Dec 31st, 2020 9:00 AM
ar.turnbull
Glacier
Details

Type

avalanche

Coordinates

51.543326, -116.247275

Avalanche Information

Skier triggered size 1.5 on a south facing pitch off Mount Hector South. We were skiing down at treeline and hit the top of a convex feature when fracture lines appeared and a 20cm slab cut out the slope below. We think it ran on a buried sun (?) or wind crust. No burials but a good reminder that things can still slide even when the report looks good (2/1/1).